Hackaday Newsletter 0xAA

Hackaday Drives the Economy! [Hackaday] Why Satellites of the Future Will be Built to Burn [Read article now »]( Hackaday Made Me Do It By [Elliot Williams]( While countless medical studies have shown that reading Hackaday is good for you, there is one downside: it can be hard on your pocketbook. Or maybe it's just me. For a few months now, I've been watching more and more people designing 3D-printed parts using "Airsoft" BBs as the balls in custom bearing races. The tiny plastic spheres in question are intended to be ammunition, but are also nicely polished and decently round 6 mm spheres, if you're into that sort of thing. Larger and lighter than metal BBs, they're a perfect fit for use in 3D printed mechanisms. A [quick search of designs on Thingiverse]( will convince you that I'm not kidding. But I've managed to hold out until reading a post on Hackaday. In it, [AlwynxJones] designs [tank treads that use airsoft BBs as the pivots in a very clever way]( fitting into spherical holes in each link. And for me, that was the last straw. 2,000 neon-yellow plastic spheres arrived on my doorstep the next day for less than the cost of a mid-range hamburger. I'm heating up my print bed to try out some test objects as we speak. It's not like I don't already have enough projects on my to-do list, but I can't say I've ever regretted a Hacakday-inspired impulse purchase either. Everybody needs more microcontrollers and crazy sensors, right? Have fun reading! From The Blog [3D Printering: The Quest for Printable Food]( By [Tom Nardi]( A video has been making the rounds on social media recently that shows a 3D printed “steak” developed by a company called NovaMeat. Will it cook? [Read more »]( [Component Shelf Life: How To Use All That Old Junk]( By [Ted Yapo]( Parts oxidize and solder doesn't stick to them any more. How can you tell, and what should you do? [Read more »]( [Shadowhammer, WPA3, and Alexa is Listening: This Week in Computer Security]( By [Jonathan Bennett]( Let’s get caught up on computer security news! The big news is Shadowhammer — The Asus Live Update Utility that delivered malware. [Read more »]( [Hackaday Podcast EP16]( By [Hackaday Editors]( Hackaday Editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams talk about Shrinky Dink microfluidics and expanding foam. Plus another great interview from Shenzhen! [Read more »]( If You Missed It [Steel-Reinforced 3D Prints]( [JigFab Makes Woodworking Easier]( [Watch These Two Robots Cooperate On a 3D Print]( [The Smallest GameCube Is Actually A Wii]( [A Year-Long Experiment In OLED Burn-In]( [Hackaday]( NEVER MISS A HACK [Share]( [Share]( [Share]( [Share]( [Terms of Use]( [Privacy Policy]( [Hackaday.io]( [Hackaday.com]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( SupplyFrame, Inc · 61 South Fair Oaks Avenue · Suite 200 · Pasadena, CA 91105 · USA